Curvature

(noun.) the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface.

(noun.) the rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve.

(noun.) (medicine) a curving or bending; often abnormal; 'curvature of the spine'.

达拉整理

• When we look at near objects, the muscles act in such a way that the lens bulges out, and becomes thick in the middle and of the right curvature to focus the near object upon the screen. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• They are sent out through this magnetic field, and follow the earth’s curvature, in the same way that tidal waves follow the ocean’s surface. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• When we look at an object several hundred feet away, the muscles change their pull on the lens and flatten it until it is of the proper curvature for the new distance. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• In the skeletons of the several breeds, the development of the bones of the face, in length and breadth and curvature, differs enormously. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• These curves, according to their curvature, will give a circular motion to the shot during its flight. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The country was a rolling prairie, and, from the higher ground, the vision was obstructed only by the earth's curvature. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It is designed to ascertain variations in corneal curvature for the correction of corneal astigmatism. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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